Principals meat in the sandwich of government/union battle

State Secondary Principals Association president Frank Sal says "while an injunction may help some schools and communities in a couple of particular actions, but what we want is a resolution to the campaign. The union may be told it can't take this action or this action, but they'll move on to something else... we want the government and the unions to resolve this and allow our schools to operate in a positive way."

Mr Sal says morale in state schools is now the lowest it's been in a long time.

He is concerned that students and their families may consider leaving the public system if a deal can't be brokered between the government and unions very soon.

Frank Sal from the Victorian State Secondary Principals Association is worried students could leave the public education sector if the State Government and Australian Education Union don't sort out the current industrial dispute.